Securing and enhancing indigenous land tenure in Guyana (Phase ll)

Project Overview

Building on phase one – which showed that data on forest extensions, concessions and indigenous lands remains vital- and aiming to expand its impacts, this new project phase will focus on ensuring that indigenous communities in at least eight territories and three villages have secured their land rights and begun to address threats to the sustainable management of their natural resources.  

The project aims to promote indigenous communities’ legal and functional control over their customary lands. Project partners will continue to work towards connecting with institutions that enable effective, transparent and democratic debate and decision-making. The project also seeks to promote technical capacity building and access to information enabling communities to monitor and manage their lands and resources effectively, guaranteeing sustained livelihoods.   

Additionally, in this project phase, communities have sought to and will continue to seek to negotiate and collaborate with the government, the private sector and other groups in Guyanese society, both to address threats to their lands- such as mining and logging- and to secure support for key development challenges. 

By its completion the project will have made advancements in: 

1. Ensuring indigenous communities have the information required to protect and manage their resources.

2. Guaranteeing indigenous People’s institutions are strengthened, and community engagement is increased.

3. Assuring there is engagement in the development and implementation of government policies and regulations.

4. Promoting APA becomes an increasingly sustainable & resilient organisation.